Archive for April, 2003


2003
04.30

its 6am in the morning and i havent slept at all!! crazily trying to finish up two assignments due today at 8am (valuation) and 11am (marketing brief). There are questions that are yet to be answered, and i have been flipping through all my excel sheets and yet to find the correct answer or plausible answer. maybe my valuation model is wrong….but who cares….

red bull has been my best buddy throughout the night…. i dont even have the courage to open up the internet until the last hour or so, scared to be distracted and not able to finish the assignments….

oh well… cant be bothered now…i will just submit what i have and thats about it….


2003
04.28

finally, yesterday, i booked my return flight from melb-syd-melb. that was a tough exercise. should have listened to Miss Y. i had to fork out more cash for a week delay in booking… oh wellll… at the end of the day, u worth it gal!!! :P

it has been a busy weekend for me. with works and exam looming around the corner, sometimes, the fear saying hi to me, just to make sure im still in track. i keep making daily plan for my work, but each and every day i violate it…..

2 weeks left and semester is over. one more week of examination and it would be goodbye Berkeley and US. cant wait to go back to Melb to settle all the outstanding matters i have been postponing for A YEAR>>>>>> oh man…. i wonder how thick are my mails?

anyway, going to church soon…. one of the thing i look forward the whole day. oh yes, i just attended the last sunday supper at ihouse….i didnt take much pictures… but i do have other pictures that i will load up once i do have the time… i wonder when that is.. probably, on my 24 flights to melb…hahahhaha

talk to u guys in a bit


2003
04.27

a bomb just exploded at Jakarta’s international airport.


2003
04.23

15 minutes left before my last midterm of the semester and i found myself sitting down in this computer lab waiting for the clock to tick faster. its not that i have finished studying or confident with this exam, but i just want to get this done and over with. yea, its funny in berkeley. they have midterm even when there is 2 and half week left in the semester.

last sunday was my 21st. thanks to all of you who have dropped me a line, mail or message. i was in LA when u guys did that so i wasnt able to take any messages or return thank you note soon enough.

hmm… 10 minutes left.. better make my way to the building. catch u guys in a bit.


2003
04.18

If today was perfect there would be no need for tommorrow (CONTEMPLATION)

i having west coast pizza now. cheese stick is its favourite item. the cheesetick is really good… esp when i havent had my lunch and dinner…..i ate it with the ranch sauce.. yes.. thats another thing. i dont think ranch sauce is popular in OZ. Butt that doesnt matter, coz its fattening anyway (feeling guilty)

i could not stand anymore the food condition here at iHouse. especially when im lenting right now…few more days to go before Easter…and i can return to my normal meal plan. actually on Easter i can start. but i have to stopon MOnday and Tuesday to pay back the earlier two days i have skipped at the start.

earlier today, i went to church to receive sacrament of penance. oh boy, it has been a year. the Father was quite open and nice to me….what a good feeling… at least im cleaner now before Easter..

my last class today was a talk by this investment guy about valuation and the market.you dont understand how boring it was. i was literally falling asleep and when i couldnt stand it anymore, i decided to leave the class 1/2 early. anyway, it wont be in my midterm which is next coming Tuesday.

3 weeks left before schools over and exam starts. i knoe in Aussie ppl are having easter break now…. well, here we dont have such thing. we had earlier spring break and that was about it.

tommorrow, i will be gone out of town. where? its a secret now. but will update once i got back hopefully with lots of interesting pictures….


2003
04.17

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955)

two assignments down today. one more to go and one midterm. when all these ever end??? i wonder.

nothing much happened today except few glitches here and there. did my laundry and was lazying around. missed my 8am and 9.30 class.

tomm is confession time before easter. i have to start putting down all the sins i have. i guess it can be put in at least 3 different volumes. oh well, who dont sin?


2003
04.15

one midterm is down… today was advanced financial accounting, next week is investment and in between, i have two cases of marketing and corporate finance due as well. planning to go to LA at the end of next week but it seems like i will be going away this weekend instead, where things are not as busy as next week. still busy, not as busy. hahaha….whatever…

last weekend, we had spring festival at international house where i worked the whole night. it was good despite the uncooperative rain. it stopped nicely when the festival was over, how good could it get?

April is going to be over soon. Can you imagine how fast this semester has been for me? Its amazing. I was going through all the previous blog entries i have made and realized how quick time really flies nowadays. Is it a good or bad thing? i dont know. i just want to come back to reality. am i in a dreamland? perhaps… haha.. im bullshititing now….

i read a phrase that has profound impact on me today, it read “TO KNOW LIFE’S PURPOSE, YOU HAVE TO KNOW LIFE’S CREATOR”. there you go, food for thought. maybe, from today onwards, i will start my blog entry with a phrase that i found interesting to be shared with all of you. PEACE


2003
04.11

today was a hectic day at work. everything happened so fast yet so slow. do you know what i mean? NO? never mind.

i was surfing the net and reading some news until i came to an interesting site. http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com
Yes, im not lying and such site does exist. Mind you though, that there are huge traffic overload. I guess, the winner of all this drama is
Mr. Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, short as MSS.

MSS is currently on administrative leave as reported by the site. He is even bigger than the truth, superior is the word they used to describe him.
As he always presented the world with consistent view, daily throughout the war. HIs famous quote includes “My feelings – as usual – we will slaughter them all”.
Even as Tears of the Sun and Basic have dissapointing opening at the BOx Office, people around the world missed him. When will he be back? One wonders.


2003
04.10

im at haas undergraduate lounge now with my indo friend, trying hard to study accounting for next week midterm. my mind was everywhere, especially when there is consumption function outside at the forum with people happily dancing salsa.

who says that students life is fun… at least thats not what i feel now. i have 1 1/2 more years of this bullshit suffering.. hahhaa.. i guess you people out there who have graduated will condemn me now like hell, saying.. “enjoy your student life now, tedy”. Im telling you… “thanks for your advice.. but thats not how i feel now” :P

an open letter to my alarm clock


2003
04.09

an open letter to my alarm clock

i know you must be feeling important around me. i know that you know that i have difficulties in waking up in the morning. i know that you hate me for messing you up at night before i sleep, turning your inside body with your protruding body part, wherever i want them to be. i know that you hate me for hititng you in the morning. thats why you complain so much. every 5 minutes, you will start make noises again, just to be slapped by me. i know that the only way is to actually shut you down completely. i know that i have been abusive with you especially when i tried to reach you but instead, you will be falling all over the place. i know that this country grants you the right to report me to the police for this abusive relationship.

BUT why today, you only rang ONCE?? normally even after several hits and slaps you get from me, you will keep complaining. but why today is only ONCE? did you NOT care about me anymore? do you know that you can make or worsen my day? Like today, i was late for work because you did not care again to make some noises….

alright, i have agreed to you. THIS IS A PUBLIC APOLOGY TO MY DEAREST ALARM CLOCK. So tommorrow, please do your job and i will do mine. Hopefully, our relationship can continue to be mutually beneficial in the future. Thats all i have to say.